For those that don't already know, smoothwall is a very slick and easy way to setup a firewall/nat/dhcp server (and more) at home or in a small office
very quickly even on old computer equipment. I have used Smoothwall 1.0 in the past and liked its features (although at the time, I did have a problem with Snort failing to start after I updated the software with some fixes...). It served on an old Pentium II 400mhz machine with two NICs inside (network cards). One was the 'green' interface (more about that later) and the other was the 'red' interface. I used that setup for quite a few months, mainly because I wanted to see what alternatives there were to hardware based firewalls (such as DLink gateways/firewalls) that I had been using.

Yep, its simple to install (and for me that's essential). BUT... While the incoming firewall protection has been excellent on my Smoothwall 2.0 Express (normal) box, any comments on whether the 'Final' version improves on outgoing protection? Why is the default outgoing firewall protection so lame? G:)